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Agenda
• Introduction to Bharti Airtel
• Industry Themes
• Bharti Airtel: Growth Opportunities
• Key Performance Indicators
• Other Businesses
• Financial Overview
• Leadership
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Bharti Airtel
2.02bn Addressable Population 4
US$15.1bn Revenue 3
Present in20 Countries
#1 OperatorIn India 1
#2 OperatorIn Africa 5
#3 in-country wireless service operator in the world 2
#3 Operatorin the World 1
Source: TRAI and Informa Telecoms and MediaNotes:1. As of Mar 31, 20152. Based on proportionate equity subscriptions with data from Informa Telecoms and Media. In-country wireless operator refers to single country subscribers 3. FY2015 Revenue4. Combined population for the regions in which Airtel has a footprint5. As measured by proportionate equity subscription in a single country, according to 2014 Informa Telecoms and Media 5
1998 2004
300 million
customers
First launched in Delhi and HP
Pan India footprint; India’s largest telco
2008
Launch direct to home services (DTH)
2010
Acquired Zain; Present in over 20 countries
2010
New brand launch
2011
3G services launched
2013
First operator to launch 4G in India
2014
Crossed 300 million customers
Source: Company Filings
Start up (1995 - 2000) Land Grab (2001 - 2010) Multiple Plays (2011 onwards)
Journey Through The Times
Launch of Airtel Money in India
2012
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Global Services Portfolio
Source: TRAI and Informa Telecoms and Media1. Bharti Airtel Quarterly Report for quarter ending June 30, 20152. Market Cap data as on Jun 30, 2015, closing exchange USD/INR rate = 63.753. Revenue pie chart based on pre inter-segment eliminations 7
Over 324 million customers
FY15 Revenue: $15.1 bn3
Mobile Services across 20 countries
• 318 mn1 wireless subscribers globally• Over 1.23 trillion minutes of calls in FY 2015• Over 333 petabytes of data over the last year• Over 173,000 base station sites
Telemedia Services (Fixed Line & Broadband)
• 3.4 mn1 broadband & internet customers• Services provided across 87 cities
Digital TV
• Pan India DTH, 10.4 mn1 subscribers – top 3 player• Coverage across 639 districts1
Airtel Business (Large enterprises and carriers)
• Over 225,000 Rkms1 across 50 countries, 5 continents
Tower Infrastructure Services
• Bharti Infratel – 37,486 towers1 across 11 circles• 42% stake in Indus Tower which has 116,454 towers1
across 15 circles• Current market cap: US$13.3 bn2
Uniquely positioned with strong asset base
Five key businesses creating an end-to-end
global telecom company
Scale and Profitability across Diversified Segments
*excludes Working Capital changes, includes the Cash flow from Infratel OFS and Secondary Sale during the yearSource: Company Filings (NSE, BSE)Note: 1. EBITDA pie chart are based on pre inter-segment eliminations
Diversified suite of offerings
with non-wireless segments contributing 22% to
operating profit (1QFY16)
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FY15 YoY Growth 1QFY16
Revenue $15.1 bn 6.5% $3.7 bn
EBITDA $5.1 bn 12.0% $1.3 bn
EBIT $2.6 bn 29.0% $0.7 bn
Capex $3.1 bn $0.6 bn
Interest & Taxes $1.5 bn -1.0% $0.4 bn
FCF* $1.3 bn $0.3 bn
Enterprise Value $35.8 bn 14.6% $37.7 bn
International Operations contributed 28% of 1QFY16 revenues
Segment Wise Contribution to EBITDA (1QFY16)
Segment Wise EBITDA Margins (1QFY16)
63%
15%8% 5% 6% 3%
India & SAWireless
AfricaWireless
Tower Infra Airtelbusiness
Telemedia Digital TV
38.8%
20.6%
48.7%
20.9%
46.1%
35.2%
IndiaWireless
AfricaWireless
Tower Infra Airtelbusiness
Telemedia Digital TV
Present in Growth Markets
Source: Ericsson, as of Q4 2014Note 1: As of Quarter ended Jun 2015, revenue growth on constant currency basis
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Growth markets contribute over a third of new subs- India
- Bangladesh- Sri Lanka- 17 in Africa
Central and Eastern Europe, 7
Western Europe, 3
Latin America, 8
Middle East, 6
APAC (excluding India and China),
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North America, 6
China, 14
Africa, 23
India, 12
105 million new mobile subscriptions globally
in millions
… And Under-Penetrated Geographies
Source: Ericsson, as of Q4 2014Notes:1. Company filings, as of Quarter ended Jun 2015 11
Airtel’s span: 1
Over 230.6 million customers in India Over 78.3 million in AfricaOver 9.0 million in South Asia (Sri Lanka and Bangladesh)
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8 Operators 14 Operators 10 Operators
Market share
Industry wide focus on improving operational and financial health
• Industry consolidation via market share gains, with top 3 now accounting for over 71% of the industry revenues
• Exits by many operators post Feb 2012 SC verdict (122 licenses cancelled), many rationalized their footprints
• Spectrum auctions fortified consolidation story
Source: As per company’s reported numbers
India: Industry Consolidation Underway Through Revenue Shares
The Demographic Dividend
Source: UN Statistics; Euromonitor
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30.527.9
19.417.8
World India Africa Nigeria
602
619
2013 2015
17 mn more Indians between 15 to 44 years 1Median Age Projected in 2020 (years) 1
Triggers To Bolster Data Uptake
Notes:1. IDC, Avendus estimates 2013, IDC shipments data 20152. Nokia MBiT 2015
Smartphone shipments to India have doubled from 43.23 mn to 81.6 mn year
over year (2014 vs 2013). During Q2 2015 26.5 mn smartphones were
shipped up 44% YoY
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Smartphone penetration in Asia 1
India is expected to have one of the fastest growth rates in the data segment driven by low cost mobile handsets and new technologies (3G/4G)
Driving 2G to 3G Growth 2
Investment Highlights
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Diversified operator with dominant position in marketplace
Large residual opportunity with bulk investments in place
Growth Strategy: Voice Secularity, Mobile Data and New Services
Focus on customer stickiness with increasing postpaid share
Focus on generating efficient utilization on operating and capital expenditures
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Bharti Airtel Vodafone Idea RelianceComm
Aircel BSNL&MTNL Tata Others
The Leading Indian Wireless Operator
8%Customer Market Share
24% 11%16% 8% 6%19% 7%
Airtel has leadership in 17 circles of the total 22 circles (rank 1 or 2) with average
RMS of 36.4% in these circles
Source: TRAINotes:1. As of May 31, 2015 2. For quarter ended Mar 31, 2015. Calculated on the basis of Gross Revenue for UASL + Mobile +CMTS licenses 18
30% Wireless Revenue Market Share224% Wireless Subscriber Market Share1
1
30.4%
23.2%6.1%
5.7%
18.2%
7.1%
5.7%3.6%
Bharti Airtel
Vodafone
RCOM
BSNL+MTNL
Idea
Tata
Aircel
Others
Multiple Plays, Multiple Opportunities
Source: Company Filings
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DTH:
EBIT positive,
generating significant
OFCF
Telemedia:
One of four customers on Airtel,
DSL ARPU> Rs 1000
Wireless:
20 growth markets
Integrated Telco
Tower Co:
Consolidating the data growth, sharing factor>2
Airtel Money:
Building Scale
Airtel Business:
50 countries, 5 continents
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India: Investments To Yield Results
Source: 1. Including Qualcomm licenses, excluding administered spectrum2. Annualized 9M Revenues for FY15, Utilization based on 2G/3G spectrum3. Ex 20 MHz BWA spectrum holding in 8 circles 20
Nominal Value of
liberalized spectrum at
USD 12 billion1
Industry leading
revenue2
yield/MHz at 2x avg with
same cost/MHz
Wide spectrum presence:
16.1%3
spectrum market share
Largest optical fiber
network amongst private players
Prime spectrum to yield data growth:
Virtually Pan India 3G &
4G
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India: Strong Spectrum Position
� Spectrum across 900/1800/2100/2300 bands, more or less fungible across technologies
� Hold 553.5 MHz (393.45 MHz paired & 160 MHz unpaired) spectrum
� During Mar’15 auctions, the company spent ~58% of the overall spend on acquiring growth spectrum
� Only operator with pan India 3G & 4G footprint - widest broadband footprint in India.
� Bharti has rolled out 3G and 4G services - with over 17 million 3G customers and close to 300,000 customers in 4G LTE across 19 cities
Source: TRAI, Department of Telecom, Company Filings
Bharti Airtel plans to leverage its existing network and superior
spectrum position for data roll-outs
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Bharti Airtel’s Spectrum Position Spectrum Holdings
Spectrum Band
Industry Spectrum
(MHz)
Industry Spectrum ex BSNL/MTNL
(MHz)
Spectrum held by Bharti
(MHz)
Bharti spectrum Market Share ex
BSNL/MTNL
900 439.6 295.2 116.4 39.4%
1800 955.3 877.3 177.1 20.2%
2100 535.0 425.0 100.0 23.5%
2300 660.0 440.0 80.0 18.2%
2
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< 60% 60% - 90%
90% +
Penetration
No 1 Share
No 2 Share
No 3 Share
Share
India: Incumbent with Growth Opportunity2
Africa: Geographical Opportunity & Performance
Mobile Penetration(%) Number of Countries
< 60% 8
60% - 90% 6
> 90% 3
Market Position Number of Countries
# 1 8
# 2 6
# 3 3
Source: Company data, CIA World Factbook, World BankNote: 1. Only GSMA telecoms considered
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Through organic as well as in-country acquisitions we are #1 or #2 in 14 markets
Number ofcompetitors
<=2 3 >=4
No. of countries1 9 6 2
2
Value Growth
Volume Growth
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Growth Lever: Voice Secularity
Significant headroom for value as well as volume upside on a secular basis
Carries over 1 trillion minutes
Secular Volume growth Y-o-Y
Significant gap between realized and rack rates
1 paisa upside adds $200 mn to top line
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Growth Lever: Data Across 2G/3G/4G
Converged opportunity across technologies
India’s first 4G network
Industry first initiativesSole operator to be part of
Google’s Android One devices strategy
Data comes at incrementally higher EBITDA margins as compared to voice
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34564 38055 4185048825 52886
24.7%26.9%
29.3%
33.3%
35.8%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
Q1'15 Q2'15 Q3'15 Q4'15 Q1'16
3G Sites Total Sites % 3G sites
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Largest 3G Network In India
Source:1. Company filings2. Ericsson
3G sites up 53.0% YoY 1 Expected Population Coverage Growth 2
3
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4G Services Launched
Key to tap into the data opportunity
Launched in 296 cities in India on mobiles, mifi, dongles, home wifis
4G launch Africa in the Seychelles, Gabon, Rwanda
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Unmatched value and seamless customer experience
• 4G at 3G prices
• Infinity plans: offer unlimited voice on mobile along with data
• Flexpage: automated platform allows users to track data usage
Innovative alliances
• Unique alliances with Flipkart and Samsung
• Quick transition to Airtel 4G: SIM swap/home delivery of Airtel SIM
Mega Airtel 4G brand campaign
• Airtel Challenge
• Demonstrates superior internet experience
Growth Story: Airtel Money, Wynk, Industry First Initiatives
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• Offered in India and all 17 opcos in Africa
• KPI: Africa (Q1FY16)• Sub base of 7 million (up 1.6x YoY), transaction Value: $3,325 million
(up 72% YoY)
Airtel Money
• Carrier agnostic music and video apps with a curated library of 1.8 million songs and over 5000 movies & 20,000 other video content
• Wynk Music: 5 million downloads in just 6 months of launch
WynkMusic & Video
• Makes internet discovery easy for first time users
• 53 million page views within 4 months of launch• Accredited as “Best Mobile Service of the Year for customers” at GSMA
Global Mobile Awards 2015 at Barcelona
One Touch
Internet
3
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• Airtel has industry wide lowest churn at 3.3%
• Led to rationalization of Gross Acquisition Costs driving INR 10bn savings
Source: As per company’s reported numbers
Quality Subscriber Acquisitions
India: Churn %
• In Africa, churn % decreased from 7% to 5.4% YoY
Africa: Churn %
4
6.10%
7%
6.10%5.50%
5.80%5.40%
Mar-14 Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15
2.40%
3.10%
2.70%2.50%
3.30%
Mar-14 Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15
202
198
202
198
198
5.1%
5.3%
5.4% 5.4%
5.6%
4.8%
4.9%
5.0%
5.1%
5.2%
5.3%
5.4%
5.5%
5.6%
5.7%
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15
ARPU (INR) Postpaid customers (%)
Increasing High Value Customers
30
• Postpaid Myplan for customers and enterprise
• Extended Myplan for prepaid customers
• Expand company owned retail stores
• Strengthen DTH & Enterprise businesses
Postpaid subscriber base inching up
4
229,616228,452
232,171
230,155
236,70977.70% 76.60% 78.90% 77.40%
76.20%
44.30% 44%
43.90%
43% 43.10%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
80.00%
90.00%
224,000
226,000
228,000
230,000
232,000
234,000
236,000
238,000
Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15
Total revenues Capex productivity Opex to Total revenues
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Focus On Efficient Utilization Of Opex/Capex
(INR Mn)
Increasing Operating and Capital expenditure productivity
• Invested for growth -> yielding results
• Passive Infrastructure sharing
• Divestment of towers in Africa underway
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270,827
263,905267,485
277,869
290,802
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
209212
217
226
231
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
26.8 24.7 25.3 27.0 28.1
12.5 15.4 16.919.4 21.4
31.8% 38.5% 40.0%41.8% 43.2%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
0
10
20
30
40
50
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
3G Data subs 2G Data subs 3G subs as % of total data subs
India Performance Indicators
Source: Company Filings
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Total Subscribers (mn) Minutes on Network (mn)
Voice Realization per minute (paisa)
10% YoY 7% YoY
Bharti Airtel’s Data and 3G Base (mn)
38.08 37.69 37.6736.22
34.93
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
55.6
67.7
77.3
86.6
102.0
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
India: Significant Upside From ‘Data’
Source: Company filingsNote:1. For Mobile Services India 34
Bharti Airtel’s Non Voice Revenues as a % of Mobile Revenues 1
Annualized data revenues have surpassed USD 1.6 billion
83% YoY
Volumes doubling YoY (bn MBs)
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Data Revenue Other Non Voice Non Data Revenue
5.6
5.45.1
4.4 4.3
4.1 3.93.6
3.23.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
ARPU (US$) ARPM (US¢)
160
265 284
357
150
17,781 17,93518,347
18,819 19,146
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
Capex (US$m) Number of Sites
69.171.4 74.6 76.3 78.3
28.3 29.030.4 31.0
32.8
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
Subscribers (m) Total Minutes (bn)
Africa Performance Indicators
Source: Company Filings
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Total Subscribers (mn) and Total Minutes (bn) Minutes of Usage per sub
ARPU (USD) and ARPM (Usc) Capex (USDm) and Number of Sites
136 138 140 137 141
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
MoU per sub. per month
2,186
3,3452,925 2,892
3,325
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
9,882 11,04911,242
12,28913,039
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
Africa: Data and Mobile Money Are The Stars
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Volumes up 112% YoY (Mn MBs)Data Customer Base (‘000s)
Mobile Money: Transactions Value (USD mn)
32% YoY112% YoY
52% YoY
3G sites up 50% YoY 1
6,5418,061
9,475
11,256
13,843
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16
17,781 17,935 18,347 18,819 19,146
7,165 8,104 9,22810,011 10,722
Q1FY15 Q2FY15 Q3FY15 Q4FY15 Q1FY16Sites of which 3G
Telemedia Services
Leading private operator with market share of 12.41%1
Source: Company FilingsNote 1: As of Oct 2014
• 1QFY16: 7% YoY revenue growth, 33% YoYEBITDA growth
• Pan-India presence of 90 cities
• Operates in the entire broadband continuum -fixed line voice and high speed broadband across Homes and Office segments, broadband (via DSL), IPTV, internet leased line and MPLS services
• Key Performance Indicators
– Customer base: 3.4 million
– Broadband penetration at 44.8% of customer base
– Average ARPU of $16.5 per month for quarter ended Jun 30, 2015
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Airtel Business
Source: Company FilingsNote:1. Post FY09 this segment was reclassified
India’s leading and most trusted provider of ICT services
• 1QFY16: 22% YoY revenue growth, 26% YoY EBITDA growth
• Customer base across - enterprises, governments, carriers and small and medium business.
• Diverse portfolio of services - voice, data, video, network integration, data centers, managed services, enterprise mobility applications and digital media.
• Strategically located submarine cables and satellite network - global network running across 225,000 Rkms, covering 50 countries and 5 continents.
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Digital TV Services
• 1QFY16: 16% YoY revenue growth, 67% YoY EBITDA growth
• First Company in India which provides real integration of all the three screens viz. television, mobile and computer enabling our customers to record their favorite TV programs through mobile and web
• Launched “Airtel Digital TV” service in October 2008 as fifth operator providing Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in India
– Subscriber base of ~10.4 million subscribers
– Lowest industry churn of 1%
– Present across 639 districts
– Offer 430 channels including 22 HD channels and 4 interactive services
– Also offers High Definition (HD) Set Top Boxes and Digital TV Recorders with 3D capabilities delivering superior customer experience
• Key Performance Indicators (Q1FY16)
– Average ARPU of $3.5 per month for quarter ended Jun 30, 2015
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Tower Infrastructure
• 5% YoY revenue growth, 12% YoY EBITDAgrowth
• Holds a 42% stake in Indus Towers, amongstthe largest tower companies in the world,operating in 15 circles, thereby enabling theCompany to provide leading pan-India passiveinfrastructure services
• Sharing factor (Tenancy ratio) of ~2.05x pertower
• Bharti Infratel conducted its Initial Public Offeringin December 2012, raising $761m for a 10%stake
• Current market capitalization of US$13.3 bn1
Bharti Infratel owns 42% stake in Indus Towers
– one of the world’s largest passive infrastructure providers
Source: Company FilingsNote1 As of Jun 30, 2015
116,454
37,486 37,486
48,911
86,397
2.20
2.052.13
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
1.80
2.00
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
Indus Bharti InfratelStandalone
Bharti InfratelConsolidated
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To
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Indus Pro-rata share Sharing Factor
41
Continued margin improvement
note: in INR terms
33*Net of Mobile Termination cutsSource: Company FilingsNote:1. Africa operations consolidated starting from 8th June 2010
Steadily Improving Financials (Consolidated) 1
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Steadily Improving Financials (Consolidated) 1
Source: Company FilingsNote:1. Africa operations consolidated starting from 8th June 2010
Cash Flow from Operations (US$bn)Total Revenues (US$bn)
13.114.3 14.1 14.2
15.1
FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
4.0 4.1
3.6
4.0
4.7
FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
CAGR of 3.6% ($)
CAGR of 11.5% (INR)
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Stable Margin Growth
Source: Company FilingsNote:1. Africa operations consolidated starting from 8th June 2010
13.30%7.10%
5.8%3.6%
3.1%
33.70% 33.70% 33.50%35.00% 34.90%
16.10%16.90% 17.20%
18.56% 17.80%
Q1'15 Q2'15 Q3'15 Q4'15 Q1'16
GR YoY growth % EBITDA % EBIT %
9.6
10.1
10.610.7 10.7
2.04 2.06 2.1 2.08 2.08
1.12
1.22
1.32
1.42
1.52
1.62
1.72
1.82
1.92
2.02
2.12
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
10.0
10.2
10.4
10.6
10.8
Q1'15 Q2'15 Q3'15 Q4'15 Q1'16
Net debt ($bn) Net debt- EBITDA ratio
Diversified debt profile; focus on deleveraging
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Many strategic initiatives undertaken, further deleveraging through Africa tower sale and four countries hive off to Orange underway
Note:1. As of Jun 30, 2015
Leverage ratios improving
Leadership in Business
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman & MD• Honorary Degree awarded by
Newcastle University - 2012
• ‘Business Leader for the World Award’ from INSEAD in 2011
• ‘Indian Business Leaders of the Year’ award at the Global India Business Meeting, 2011
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Akhil Gupta, Deputy Group CEO & MD
• ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Sector’ award at the Telecom Operator Awards 2012
• CFO India Hall of Fame by CFO India, 2011
Amongst top 100 most valuable brands globallyStudy by MillwardBrown, May 2012
Estimated brand value of over USD 11 bn, 2012Published in FinancialTimes
“Brand Leadership award in Telecom, 2012”Brand LeadershipAwards
Top TreasuryTeam, Asia; AdamSmith Award,EuroFinance
Bags five awards, tele.net Telecom Operator Awards 2013Including most admired telecom operator
Airtel Nigeria won 3 industry awards at Nigerian Telecom AwardsIncluding telecom brand of the year
Number 1 servicebrand in IndiaBrand Equity’s mosttrusted brands annualsurvey, 2013
One of top tenbrands in AfricaWithin 3 years ofoperations there
Highest Standards of Corporate Governance
Credit Rating and Information Services of India (“CRISIL”) has assigned its Governance and Value Creation rating “CRISIL GVC Level 1” to the corporate governance and value creation practices of Bharti
Airtel
Quarterly financials audited on IFRS, IGAAP basis
Diversified Board – 50% independent directors
SingTel representatives on the Board of the company
Professional organization with empowerment to operating team
IG rating from 3 International Rating Agencies
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